luxury houses for sale The Loire Area, France (page 36)

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An elegant, neo-Gothic inspired residence, in 2 hectares of grounds, near to Nantes, overlooking the River Sèvre. On the left bank of the River Sèvre, the estate spreads over 2 uninterrupted hectares. After the entrance gate, a winding drive passes below the dense foliage of ancient oak trees. As it does, it passes in front of a 36-m² annex building used as a garage, then an enclosed, approximately 640-m² orchard overlooked by an around 35-m² Anjou style greenhouse with most of its glass panes intact. The drive finishes in a courtyard where the residence stands, facing southwest. In its current form, it is thought to date back to the late 19th century, between 1870 and 1890. It boasts approximately 550 m² of living space, spread throughout a basement covering the whole surface of the building, a raised ground floor, a first floor and a converted attic. The entirely fenced grounds gently slope down towards the river. Tall hundred-year-old trees are dotted around the grounds.

A grand house with a remarkable view, overlooking the banks of the River Erdre, 15 kilometres from Nantes. The entrance to the property is via a motorised, wrought iron gate at the end of a cul-de-sac off a small local road. A drive traverses a thicket and runs around the back of the house, leading to garages and a Directoire-style terrace. From here, the majestic view opens out over the parkland below and the Erdre at its widest point. The steeply sloping grounds, planted with centuries-old trees, end in a bank almost 100 m long, featuring a private jetty. A small country house built by the town's former mayor on the banks of the River Erdre in 1821, it was subsequently remodelled with the addition of a Directoire-style double dormer window. Two wings were added in the early 20th century, lending the residence its true 'folie nantaise' (Nantes folly) appearance, named after the summer villas built by wealthy industrialists at that time. The rectangular folly has a central section with three bays, flanked by two single-bay wings. At the top of the grounds, close to the entrance gates, there are discreet outbuildings used for parking vehicles and storing equipment. Their coursed schist masonry walls and tiled roofs stand in no contrast with those of the noble building, with its rendered facades and slate roof.

About thirty minutes from Angers, a village house from the 16th century listed as a historic monument, with outbuildings, a courtyard, and remarkable gardens. Flanked by two country stone pillars, an entrance gate opens onto a gravel courtyard. The imposing silhouette of the manor rises in front, with on one side, a wing of outbuildings, and on the other, the beginning of a garden that surrounds the building. The latter dates back to the 16th century, but its origins are older. This is evidenced by the walls of its north and south gables, extended by later and smaller buildings. Built with rubble stone and coated with lime, the dwelling is elevated over three levels, one of which is in the attic. The roof is made of Angers slate. In the center of the front façade, a pentagonal tower conceals the entrance and a staircase, with four bays on either side, two of which are mullioned. The frames of the door and bays are adorned with prismatic moldings and flamboyant friezes. A square tower at right angles punctuates the rear façade. Transformed into a farm for more than two centuries, the whole has been saved from ruin by the current occupants. The restoration work undertaken has been carried out in accordance with the rules of the art. The facades, roofs, and two chimneys from the 15th century have been listed as historic monuments since 1987.This description has been automatically translated from French.

In a small town near Angers, a 19th-century house recently expanded with its gardens and swimming pool. A lane leads to the entrance gate of the property, which opens onto a first garden. The 19th-century house adjoins a building from the early 2000s. The whole is arranged in a T plan. The older part includes a central body elevated over three levels, one of which is under the eaves, flanked by two lateral wings of two levels, one of which is under the eaves. The newer part also extends over three levels, one of which is under the eaves and a basement. The gabled roofs are covered with slate. The roof of the dwelling is pierced with dormer windows with triangular pediments. The frames of the openings, the cornices, and the corner chains are made of tuffeau. At the back, a terrace overlooks a completely enclosed second garden.This description has been automatically translated from French.

Between Angers and Rennes, in a historic town of Anjou, a master house, its dependencies, and its garden. Along a little-trafficked street, the south-facing house is oriented toward its garden, completely enclosed by a schist wall. Mostly built with schist rubble coated with lime, its main facade is enhanced with decorative elements in tufa stone: ground floor cornice, window frames, fluted pilasters, finials, cornice with dentils, etc. The Mansard roof is covered with slate. To the northeast, there is a rectangular dependency building, also topped with slate, and coated with cement. At the north end of the garden, a garage opens onto a neighboring street.This description has been automatically translated from French.

In Anjou, at the exit of a village, an ancient priory from the 15th and 18th centuries on over 6 hectares. From the road, a tree-lined access path leads to the property. It culminates in a gravel courtyard, with a barn on one side and an agricultural shed on the other. In front, surrounded by old moats on two of its sides, the residence is preceded by an elevated terrace. Built on the remains of an old fortress, the original priory dates back to the 15th century. It was extensively remodeled and enlarged in the 18th century, as evidenced by the arrangement of the front facades, with their arched windows. The whole is now made up of two bodies of housing that meet at a right angle. The larger is oriented south-north, the second east-west. Constructed of stone rubble coated with lime, both buildings rise three levels, one of which is under the roof. They are topped with high slate roofs with three slopes, pierced by dormers in their middle. The framing of the windows, the skylights, the cornices, and the corner chains are made of tuffeau stone. The inscription "D.O.M. 1732," placed above the main entrance door, recalls the religious origins of the place.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A 17th century manor house and its 25 ha estate on the banks of the Mayenne . From a small road leading along the picturesque banks of the river to Château-Gontier, a gate provides access to the stately almost 400 m long driveway of the property, bordered by a double row of tulip trees. A courtyard and two formal rectangular gardens face the manor house to the south. To the east flows the river Mayenne. To the west, the wooded hillside gently slopes down. To the north, there are a technical building and a garage, farm buildings, a stream, woodlands and ponds. The property is unoverlooked.

5 minutes from the historic center of Château-Gontier, an old presbytery from the 18th and 19th centuries and its city garden. In the heart of the village, the property runs along the east side of the church square and to the south, a quiet street. Mainly built in 1737, the building was largely enlarged in the 19th century with the addition of a second wing perpendicular to the south. The two rectangular constructions form an L shape and are built of coated stone. The roof is made of slate. The window frames and corner chains are made of tuffeau stone. To the east, a stone wall encloses the courtyard of the old presbytery. The garden extends to the north and includes a wooden shelter.This description has been automatically translated from French.

In Nantes, in the Saint-Félix district, an old hunting lodge from the 18th century, with its nearly 2000 m² terraced garden and outbuildings. Built in 1752, the residence originally belonged to the Château de la Haute-Forêt, now gone. The garden-side facade is organized around a slightly protruding and rounded central body, topped with a rotunda crowned by a slate apse. On the ground floor, a large arched bay with small panes opens onto the garden through a double door, flanked by two other rectangular bays. On the first floor, the rotunda has three large openings, each preceded by a balcony with a wrought-iron railing. The symmetrical composition and proportions reflect the 18th century’s taste for classical balance and light. Raised by two levels under the eaves, the house includes five bedrooms and three bathrooms, with a living area of approximately 190 m². The garden, of nearly 2000 m², once integrated a much larger estate, composed of vineyards and woods extending to the banks of the Erdre. The outbuildings have been reinvented over time, with former stables transformed into a residence adjoining a workshop. To the west, along the street, another set includes shelters and storage spaces, as well as an independent apartment.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A 15th and 16th-century manor house, listed as a Historical Monument, its outbuildings and 12-hectare grounds in the Mayenne department. From the village, a small road leads to a private driveway up to the entrance porch, which opens onto a main courtyard. The driveway also extends behind the manor and provides access to two outbuildings located to the west. A third outbuilding encloses the courtyard to the east, near the entrance. Pastures spread out on either side of the driveway. One of them is continued to the north with the first part of an oak grove, which then unfolds towards the west. The manor’s courtyard is extended by a garden, which overlooks a small river. Two other pastures located on the other side are accessible via a bridge. Constructed partially over a basement level, the manor contains four floors, including two built into the roof space. Made out of stone and rubble and coated in plaster, its edifice is crowned with gabled slate roofs and stone rims, punctuated by dormer windows topped with sculpted ornaments. Stone mullioned windows cadence the façade and a double flight staircase leads to the front door. In the back, the body of the main building is flanked by a square tower with a tented roof, a staircase tower and a round tower with a pointed roof. To the east, a small two-storey, hipped slate roof building is attached to the square tower. A cellar, accessible from the outside, is located under a portion of the manor. Its walls are made out of small sandstone masonry, which could date to the 11th and 12th centuries. The manor’s façades and roof, as well as its eastern two-storey wing, are listed as historical monuments.

In the Sarthe valley, near Sablé, an old mill with water rights on nearly 1 hectare. From the village, a street then a path descends toward the mill, bordered by its canal and the stream, beyond which are meadows surrounded by trees. While the mill's location is very old, the current building dates from the first half of the 19th century. An exclusive fishing right is attached to the property. The entrance is marked by a white-painted wooden gate that opens onto a paved courtyard, with the living quarters on one side and a garden and pool on the other. A walkway over the canal allows access to the sluices. Renovated, the mill consists of two buildings. The main wing, square in shape, is raised over two stories. The facades are plastered to reveal the stone and are pierced with openings, some of which are semi-circular with brick framing. An open loggia to the west overlooks the courtyard and the river. The gabled roof of tiles is topped with two Jacobin dormers. Another wing, rectangular, is raised over one level and is distinguished by its slate roofing.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A dwelling from the Art Deco period with Haussmannian-style interior décor and its garden of nearly 900 m², near Nantes. Located on a one-way street, the property is accessible via a wrought-iron gate, framed by square pillars, as well as a second gate, which leads to the garage, while a tall stone wall and dense hedges shelter the property from view. Built in 1931, the completely detached villa of approximately 240 m² embodies a period marked by the transition between the Art Deco movement and the first signs of modernism, which results in a two-storey building topped with a roof terrace. In addition, the dwelling faces an ornamental, grassy garden of nearly 900 m², which is completely sheltered from view thanks to dense landscaped copses and tall stone walls, while a garden shed is located to the west of the edifice.

A listed, 15th &17th century house, with an outbuilding and a garden, in the undulating, wooded countryside of the Anjou region. This house stands on the edge of a little country lane, going through the forest, and in a hamlet composed of several houses, including another historic manor house. A small planted garden enhances the house facade. A rear courtyard, also planted, is bordered on one of its sides by an outbuilding and a low wall. Further away, reached by steps, a garden and the forest, part of which could be purchased.

Close to La Chartre-sur-le-Loir, in a dominant position, a classified neo-Gothic castle with nearly 5 hectares of park, meadows, and woods. At the edge of the Bercé state forest and at the exit of a picturesque village with shops, the estate is set back and not overlooked, enclosed by old walls with gates or hedges. The property is organized around its castle, set on the slope of a hill, at the center of a park that mixes meadows, AOC lands, and woods. Built between 1908 and 1913 and classified MH since 1984, the residence is emblematic of the flamboyant neo-Gothic style, which was once very popular among the aristocracy and the upper bourgeoisie. With an area of approximately 275 m², it has four levels including a ground floor and an attic. The slate roofs are punctuated by numerous dormer windows. The cornices, corner chains, dormer windows, and window frames are made of tuffeau. To the east and west, stone staircases with railings lead to an entrance hall and a kitchen. The western facade is bordered by a terrace overlooking the garden. On the facades of the building, flint from the Loir valley interacts with sculpted tuffeau to recreate the aesthetic of a chivalric manor. The architecture evokes the medieval repertoire, with systematic use of the pointed arch, lancets, and stained glass, focusing on a search for light and verticality of lines. A pepperpot turret, suspended on molded corbels, flanks the residence, topped with a slate extinguishing cap. Wide stone mullioned windows punctuate the ground floor, while on the first floor, paired windows are set under their delicately sculpted pointed arches. A richly pierced stone balustrade with quatrefoils overlooks the south gable.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A splendid eighteenth-century mansion near Nantes, nestled in a beautiful landscaped garden that covers over a hectare and includes a pond and outhouses. The edifice is an emblematic example of the town’s architectural heritage. It bears witness to the rich history – and anecdotes – of this delightful area south of the majestic River Loire. The property can be considered one of the famous bijou mansions that dot the countryside around Nantes. These homes were built for the pleasure of high society during the upper middle classes’ golden age: the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The house is set back from a secondary road. It stands behind a remote-controlled metal gate that is flanked by two tall square pillars of dressed stone. The outdoor entrance area is divided into two distinct sections. An initial closed court reserved for parking includes a broad asphalt driveway, lawns, and lines of evergreen oaks and crape myrtles. A second, gravelled court is fenced off with wrought-iron railings and gates. It leads straight up to the house’s entrance door. This main courtyard faces north. It is bordered with the edifice’s principal section, which dates back to 1789 and offers 500m² of living space. Two wings extend it at right angles. They contain living spaces and areas for relaxation that cover around 600m². On the south side, trees dot a landscaped garden. Some of these trees are over a hundred years old. A path edges the eastern side of the grounds and leads to a group of outhouses. A kennel, a tunnel greenhouse, and a walled, fenced-off pond complete this marvellous 12,600m² property surrounded by walls. An adjoining plot of over six hectares could be added to it.

A 17th-century dwelling with its convertible outbuildings and grounds of 1.7 hectares, on the outskirts of a village near Angers and the banks of the Loire. A country road provides access to the property’s entrance gate, which opens onto a lane that traverses a portion of the grounds, passes in front of the dwelling’s façade, before ending in the outbuildings’ courtyard, facing west. As for the grounds, they extend behind the dwelling towards the east, while the current edifice, built over older foundations, dates mainly from the 17th and 19th centuries. Facing east-west, it is made up of a central three-storey pavilion, including one level under the eaves, and two single-storey side pavilions. With mostly dual-aspect rooms, its slate hipped roofs are punctuated by dormer windows, whereas its wooden front doors, each decorated with a carved saltire, date from the 17th century and are topped with a curvilinear cornice and highlighted by rusticated stonework that reaches all the way to the roofline. In addition, on the first floor, pilasters support a triangular pediment adorned with a count’s coat of arms, more understated rusticated stonework was used to draw attention to the back door and all of the dwelling’s exterior architectural details – rusticated stonework, cornices, quoins, dormers and window/door surrounds – were constructed out of tuffeau stone. Last, but not least, the property features two outbuildings, built later during the 19th century, the larger one of which could be easily converted, while the grounds also include a swimming pool as well as a small pavilion, nestled within the grounds and partially enclosed by a wall, which has been transformed into a guest cottage.

Between Tours and Angers, with 19 ha of park and 305 ha of forests and farmland, a 19th-century castle and its outbuildings. A country road leads to an entrance gate. It opens onto an avenue that crosses the park and leads to the castle. A dirt path continues to the outbuildings, organized around a courtyard. The property dates back to the first half of the 19th century. Built of tuffeau on a hard stone base, the main residence stands four stories high, approximately 250 m² each, including an attic. The rectangular building is flanked by four octagonal watchtower turrets at each of its corners. The four-pitched slate roof is pierced at the front and back by Renaissance-style dormer windows. The main façades as well as the towers feature rustication. The cornices have modillions. Portraits adorn either side of two central doors, framed by pilasters and accessible, at the front, by a straight staircase; at the back, by a double-revolution staircase bordered with a tuffeau railing. The front façade is extended by a balcony supported by a lion's head. The ground floor is occupied by reception rooms, which have retained their original decor. Eleven bedrooms and a study-library extend across the two upper floors. The castle, oriented north-south, is in the middle of its park and close to the courtyard of the outbuildings located near the west gable. The estate includes an English-style park of nearly 20 ha, about 90 ha of farmland, and a forest area of approximately 215 ha. All buildings will require restoration work to bring them up to standard.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A 16th-century manor, its outbuildings and 10-hectare grounds, nestled within the countryside of the Guérande peninsula. Along a secondary road bordered by trees, a gate marks the entrance to the property. From a car park, a drive leads to the main courtyard, around which the buildings are grouped, whereas the estate itself was originally built for a lord from the Guérande peninsula and was modified and adapted over the centuries in several different stages: the dwelling’s central building was extended in the 17th century, a floor was added atop the right-angle wing in the 18th century, before being renovated and modernised in the early 2000s. To the east, the 16th-century main dwelling features two storeys as well as an attic level, while the central building and its right-angle wing create an L-shaped ensemble, connected by a staircase tower tucked into its interior angle. Topped with gable roofs, each building features a visible gable end, whereas the dwelling’s extension to the south is topped with a hipped roof. As for the two parallel 17th-century outbuildings to the north, they are accessible from a second entrance in the back. In addition, a path between the manor and the outbuildings leads to a private garden, whereas the grounds are enclosed by walls, thick hedges as well as tall trees, which help shelter the property from view. Lastly, the property’s woods extend over approximately eight hectares on the other side of the country road.

A restored rural dwelling with a 200m² floor area and a 6,000m² garden, tucked away in France’s Perche province near the town of La Ferté-Bernard, under two hours from Paris. The restored property, a former enclosed plot, lies at the end of a lane beneath a vault of vegetation. The property is hidden, tucked away in the countryside. You enter the property between the main dwelling and an outbuilding. The rectangular house dates back to the 19th century. It offers a floor area of around 200m². It is built of rubble stone, coated with ochre lime rendering. It was recently restored. The outbuildings are built in the same way. Exposed tuffeau stone forms the quoins and door and window surrounds. The gabled roof is covered with old tiles and has three newly created dormers on its south slope. Beside the dwelling, there is a wooden building and another outhouse. The series of buildings forms a courtyard where a tall tree towers in the middle. The garden is enclosed with hedges. The dwelling’s facade is its south elevation. Opposite the house there is only a wooden outbuilding that looks out at the surrounding fields.

A chateau from the 16th and 17th centuries listed as a Historical Monument, its outbuildings and equestrian facilities over 18 hectares of grounds between the Sarthe, Mayenne and Maine-et-Loire departments, near Sablé. Two drives lead to a carriage entrance topped with a pediment that opens onto a grand courtyard. On one side, is the chateau and, on the other, an immense outbuilding, both façades of which are punctuated by pruned yew trees, while a covered well is located in the centre. The current chateau corresponds to the former abbatial dwelling: this is where the Abbot resided, in the western wing of the abbey that once stood here. During the 18th century, the court was at Versailles and the buildings were spruced up and converted so they could be rented out, therefore providing the abbey with some revenue. With three storeys, including an attic level, the chateau is made out of plaster-coated stone and rubble stone. On the side facing the grounds, its slate hipped roof is cadenced by four bull’s-eye windows, while, on the side facing the courtyard, there are three attic dormer windows grouped together under a single pediment in addition to four other dormer windows. Both the chateau’s east and west exteriors are crowned with a pediment on their roofs, which is then repeated above the central entrance on each side. With window and door surrounds decorated with smooth rusticated stonework, the three doors on the chateau’s façade are topped with either curvilinear or triangular pediments, while its quoins, cornice and dormer windows are made out of ashlar stone. Inside, the chateau has conserved its original décor: cartouches, medallions, chimneybreasts, decorative window and door surrounds, wood panelling, marble and stone, while the size of the magnificent rooms as well as their floor-to-ceiling height add to the chateau’s overall grandeur. In addition to the topiary garden on the chateau’s eastern side, there is also a dovecote, orchard, vegetable garden, ornamental trees and a stream, which is straddled by an old bridge flanked by the columns of an ancient carriage entrance. All around, the grounds are made up of pastures, tall trees and a small wood, while equestrian facilities have been created to the west of the outbuilding, on the side facing the grounds. These include wooden paddocks, a riding ring and an area for the horses to rest and relax. The carriage entrance, the chateau’s exteriors as well as its entrance hall, vast living room, dining room and seven bedrooms are listed as national historical monuments as are the well and bridge, while the outbuilding’s exteriors and the dovecote are registered as regional historical monuments.

A set of three houses renovated into a comfortable holiday estate on the banks of the Loire River near the city of Angers. From the lane that runs through the hamlet, two entrance gates lead into the property. The first one leads into a courtyard, from where you can enter the main house and the two secondary dwellings, which outbuildings adjoin. The main house is made of rubble schist with pointing. It has a ground floor and a first floor in the roof space. Its gabled slate roof is punctuated with dormers with triangular pediments. The quoins, cornices, and window and door surrounds are made of tuffeau-stone ashlar. An extension with large, workshop-style glazing on three sides takes up part of the western gable end. This extension is also crowned with a slate roof, which has three slopes. An outdoor flight of slate steps climbs up the western gable end too. A stone terrace edges the facade and another stone terrace edges the rear elevation. The second gate leads into another courtyard, where there is a car park. The grounds extend on the south side. A former orchard lies beyond the walls, which partly enclose the grounds.

South of the Normandy-Maine Regional Park, a 15th century feudal manor house, its outbuildings and its pond . Access to the property is via a driveway framed by an orchard and a vegetable plot. Old outbuildings face each other on either side. The residence stands at the back of the courtyard. Meadows planted with hedges enclose the buildings. They protect them from the wind and provide shelter from prying eyes. The complex offers views over the surrounding countryside, from the pastures to the cultivated fields. Two ponds receive water from a stream that flows into the Sarthe, a few meadows away. The origins of the site date back to the eleventh century. In the 14th century, this was one of the largest feudal manors in the area. During the French Revolution, it lost its influence. Built around 1450 by the Saint-Berthevin family, the cellar and the central part of the present building, with its monumental fireplace, bear witness to this feudal past. However, the defensive towers once abutting this feudal building have not survived. In the 18th century, the parish registers mentioned the old pond and the fishing rights for the farm.

In a village in Vendée, near Les Herbiers and Puy-du-Fou, a 19th-century school converted into a guesthouse and gîtes, with a garden. Built in the mid-19th century, the property is an old school that has undergone extensive renovation starting in 2010 and continuing until 2024 (some parts are still under a ten-year guarantee). The entrance gate, topped with a finely crafted pediment, marks the entry to the property. The main building is raised over two levels, under a tiled roof. The living quarters are extended by two wings that form a square courtyard. Its gables include, on one side, a covered area and, on the other, an additional wing for the private part of the residence. In front of the northeast facade, there is a terrace and a garden, with a heated swimming pool. A second terrace as well as a covered area ideal for children's play complete the outdoor spaces. An independent apartment, separate from the spaces reserved for guests, consists of three bedrooms and a large living area.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A renovated farmhouse from the 16th century with a swimming pool, an orchard and outbuildings, not far from the city of Angers, in France’s Maine-et-Loire department. A wooden entrance gate, framed between two ashlar pilasters, leads into the property, a former farm complex. The property used to belong to a manor, which stands on the other side of the road. The complex was built in the 16th century. It was the home of Hercules de Moreau, a valet to the king, and later, in the 18th century, it was the home of the Guéniveau family, who passed it on to Joseph-Eugène Bonnemère. The latter was a famous author and playwright. The main edifice is built of tuffeau stone, with rubble stone for the elevations and ashlar for the window and door surrounds. A gable slate roof crowns the building. Many steel-and-glass windows punctuate the north and south sides. A porch leads to the cellars. This porch’s roof has a hipped end and is supported with four pillars with mouldings. Opposite, there is another building. It is partly converted and it houses a bread oven. Between the two buildings, there is a granary with a ground floor and first floor. A three-slope roof crowns it. Its western elevation is made of ashlar and is punctuated with three bull’s-eye windows. At the bottom of the garden lies a former stable. A walled orchard can be reached from outside. A swimming pool lies there.